A Side Effect of Michael Jackson’s Tragic Death – Consumer Health Education
Drugs.com reported a massive 20,900% increase (yes, you read that correctly – twenty thousand, nine hundred percent) in interest for information on the prescription medication Demerol – allegedly prescribed for the legendary entertainer Michael Jackson. More than 135,000 page views were logged on the Drugs.com web site by people researching Demerol this past Friday – the single biggest spike in daily interest for a medication since the similarly tragic and untimely death of Heath Ledger.
Demerol (meperidine) is a narcotic pain relieving medication. It works by dulling the pain perception center in the brain. Interest in the medication exploded from around 650 page views per day on average to 135,164 page views on Friday, June 26.
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